Friday, February 3, 2012

GAMEDAY 52: at Drummondville

DRUMMONDVILLE – The Saint John Sea Dogs kick off a mini
two-game road trip this evening in Drummondville. The Voltigeurs host the Dogs
tonight at 8pm at the Marcel Dionne Centre.

Saint John enters this evening’s tilt on a five-game
winning streak and have won eight of their last 10 contests. Overall, the Sea
Dogs have a record of 36-13-0-2 for 74 points. They sit first overall in the
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League standings, one-point up on the Shawinigan
Cataractes for top spot.

The Sea Dogs are 14-9-0-1 on the road this year and have
outscored opponents 89-79.

The Voltigeurs enter tonight’s game with a record of 12th
overall in the league and second in the terrible Telus West Division with a
record of 21-25-2-4 for 46 points. They are 4-0-0-1 in their last five games
and 5-4-0-1 in their last 10.

The Volts are 12-9-1-2 at home this year and outscored
opponents 89-84.

After tonight’s game, the Sea Dogs wrap up their Quebec
road swing tomorrow when they take on the Cataractes at 5pm.

THE NUMBERS

Saint John

Drummondville

Record

36-13-0-2 (1st Maritimes)

21-25-2-4 (2nd West)

Home Record

- - -

12-9-1-2

Road Record

14-9-0-1

- - -

Streak

5-0-0-0

4-0-0-1

Last 10

8-2-0-0

5-4-0-1

Goals For

211

172

Goals Against

146

188

Overall PP

21.5% (9th)

14% (17th)

Home PP

- - -

16.1% (17th)

Road PP

19.8% (10th)

- - -

Overall PK

77.2% (9th)

82.5% (4th)

Home PK

- - -

77.8% (10th)

Road PK

70.5% (16th)

- - -

PIM/GAME

15.5 (10th)

16.8 (3rd)

LAST GAMES

The Sea Dogs are coming off a 6-3 win over the
Blainville-Boisbriand Armada on Sunday afternoon at Harbour Station. Danick
Gauthier had two goals while Ian Saab, Zack Phillips, Jonathan Huberdeau, and
Tomas Jurco added singles. Mathieu Corbeil made 33 saves in net to earn the
victory.

The Voltigeurs are coming off a 6-1 win over the Gatineau
Olympiques last Sunday at the Marcel Dionne Centre. Alex Emond scored twice for
Drummondville while Guillaume Gauthier, Andre Bouvet-Morrissette, Jerome
Verrier, and Olivier Caouette added solo markers. Domenic Graham made 18 saves
for the win.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

The Sea Dogs and Voltigeurs have met twice previously
this season. Saint John won both contests and outscored Drummondville by a
combined score of 7-2.

On September 30 in Drummondville, Zack Phillips, Devon
Oliver-Dares, Tomas Jurco and Scott Oke scored for Saint John in the 4-2 win.
Matthew Andreaccchi and Olivier Archambault scored for the Volts. Mathieu
Corbeil made 22 saves in net for the Dogs while Domenic Graham allowed four
goals on 12 shots before being replaced.

On January 14 at Harbour Station, Sebastien Auger stopped
all 28 shots he faced in a 3-0 win. Charlie Coyle, Zack Phillips, and Pierre
Durepos scored for Saint John. Domenic Graham allowed three goals on 22 shots
in the loss.

LEADING SCORERS

Zack Phillips still leads Saint John in scoring with 65
points (26G, 39A) in 44 games this season. Danick Gauthier leads the Dogs in
scoring with 37 goals while Phillips has a team high 39 assists.

Marc-Olivier Brouillard leads the Voltigeurs in scoring
with 52 points (23G, 29A) in 49 games this year. Andre Bouvet-Morrissette has a
team high 25 goals while Brouillad leads the way in assists with 29.